The psychodynamics and treatment of the male partner in marital conflict cases : an exploratory study based on Family Service Agency files, Vancouver, 1957
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Social Work, School of
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degree campus: UBCV
creator: Morton, Betty Marie
issued: 2012-02-17T00:33:45Z
issued: 1957
related degree: Master of Social Work - MSW
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This is an exploratory study of (a) material and (b) method, for analyzing the role of the male partner in marital conflict cases, and the casework implications of the involvement of the husband in the treatment process. For this purpose a small number of cases (15) from the files of the Family Service Agency of Greater Vancouver, were selected for intensive examination, and compared as three groups: (I) in which the casework treatment was focussed on the wife, (II) in which the casework treatment was focussed on the husband, and (III) in which casework was focussed equally on husband and wife. Methods of analysis and classification were worked out in the following areas; (1) the problems discussed by the marriage partners, (2) the performance of the husband in the masculine role, (3) the patterns of interrelationship between husband and wife, and (4) the casework treatability of each marriage partner. It was found, in all cases, that the male spouses were failing in the emotional areas of their roles, in their relationships with their wives and with their children. They were, generally, able to perform adequately as economic providers of the family, and to conform to social and cultural standards. All of the men disclosed a problem in handling their emotional dependency. Nearly three-quarters showed excessive dependence on their wives; the others were trying to handle their dependence in different, but still neurotic fashions. The background information about these men often indicated that their early relationships to their parents had been such as to prevent a healthy resolution of their oedipal feelings, resulting in weak masculine identification, or identification to a pathological pattern of masculine behaviour. In Groups I and II, where casework was focussed on one partner almost to the exclusion of the other, it was generally found that treatment had been focussed on the spouse who had applied first to the agency, and who had been interviewed by a caseworker …
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note: THE PSYCHODYNAMICS AMD TREATMENT OF THE MALE PARTNER IN MARITAL CONFLICT CASES An Exploratory Study based on Family Service Agency F i l e s , Vancouver, 1957 by BETTY MARIE MORTON Thesis Submitted i n P a r t i a l Fulfilment of the Requirements f o r the Degree of MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK i n the School of S o c i a l Work Accepted as conforming to the standard required f o r the degree of Master of .Social Wofck School of So c i a l Work 1957 The University of B r i t i s h Columbia - V -ABSTRACT T h i s i s an e x p l o r a t o r y s t u d y o f (a) m a t e r i a l and (b) method, f o r a n a l y z i n g the r o l e o f t h e male p a r t n e r i n m a r i t a l c o n f l i c t c a s e s , and the casework i m p l i c a t i o n s o f t h e i n v o l v e m e n t o f the husband i n t h e t r e a t m e n t p r o c e s s . F o r t h i s purpose a s m a l l number o f cases (15) from t h e f i l e s o f t h e F a m i l y S e r v i c e Agency o f G r e a t e r Vancouver, were s e l e c t e d f o r i n t e n s i v e e x a m i n a t i o n , and compared as t h r e e groups: ( I ) i n w h i c h t h e casework t r e a t m e n t was f o c u s s e d on t h e w i f e , ( I I ) i n w h i c h t h e casework t r e a t m e n t was f o c u s s e d on t h e husband, and ( I I I ) i n w h i c h casework was f o c u s s e d e q u a l l y on husband and w i f e . Methods o f a n a l y s i s and c l a s s i f i c a t i o n were worked out i n t h e f o l l o w i n g a r e a s ; (1) the problems d i s c u s s e d by t h e m a r r i a g e p a r t n e r s , (2) t h e performance o f t h e husband i n t h e m a s c u l i n e r o l e , (3) t h e p a t t e r n s o f i n t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p between husband and w i f e , and (4) t h e casework t r e a t a b i l i t y o f each m a r r i a g e p a r t n e r . I t was f o u n d , i n a l l c a s e s , t h a t t h e male spouses were f a i l i n g i n the e m o t i o n a l a r e a s o f t h e i r r o l e s , i n t h e i r r e l a t i o n …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0106472
language: eng
degree discipline: Social Work
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40743